Simplify climate crisis to convince rural folks

The assumption that all matters rain and sunshine are in God's hands is undermining climate action efforts, especially in the grassroots. [iStockphoto]

Arnold Schwarzenegger's name may not bring to mind anything other than action movies that many in my generation would rob our mothers' secret home banks to watch at the then versions of pay TV.

But the man, now in his 70s and a global climate champion, has recently reawakened many with his assertion that climate change needs to be simplified.